ABU DHABI, (DNA) – Pakistan tightened their grip on the second Test against Australia in Abu Dhabi Thursday as they reached 232-4 at lunch, in a morning marked by a bizarre run out of Azhar Ali. At the break on the third day, Asad Shafiq was unbeaten on 42 and with him Babar Azam on 34 not out as Pakistan’s overall lead reached 369 with six wickets intact. The first Test in Dubai last week ended in a draw. Play was dull to begin with, but was lit up byRead More

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday agreed to extend its deadline for blocking unregistered mobile phones by two months after the Senate Standing Committee on information technology expressed reservations over the plan. Earlier this week, PTA had announced that all unregistered mobile phones will become unusable after Oct 20 after its long-anticipated Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS) becomes functional. The DIRBS is an indigenous solution aimed to combat the use of smuggled or counterfeit sets which either serve to reduce tax revenues for the state orRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered the Defence Ministry to submit a report on an inquiry conducted into former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief retired Lt Gen Asad Durrani by General Headquarters (GHQ) after the former spy chief sought removal of his name from the no-fly list. Durrani’s name was placed on the Exit Control List on May 29 upon the Pakistan Army’s request after he visited GHQ on May 28 to clarify his stance in The Spy Chronicles, a book co-authored by him and Amarjit SinghRead More

ISLAMABAD, OCT 18 (DNA) – Balochistan Irrigation Department has received two Truck-Mounted Water Well Drilling Rigs with the procurement assistance from the Government of Japan. The project under Economic Social Development Programme in the Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA), has aimed to improve the living standard of the people of Balochistan through the procurement of the water well drilling rigs that cost is 231,250,000 Japanese Yen (approximately 2.1 million US dollars). The ceremony was held at the Balochistan Canal Irrigation Division office in Hub to mark the handing over ofRead More

ISLAMABAD, OCT 18 (DNA) – Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a review petition of PML (N) leader Hanif Abbasi seeking disqualification of PTI Chief Imran Khan over alleged non disclosure of his assets and ownership of off-shore companies. The case was heard by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar in Islamabad today.